Abstract:Objectives:The objectives of the study were to assess if patients with Chagas heart disease (CHD) received appropriate automatic implantable defibrillator (AID) shocks earlier than patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). Methods: Analysis of a retrospective cohort of patients with CHD and IHD who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) between 2009 and 2018, in a tertiary hospital. We evaluated the time between the implant of ICD and the first appropriate shock in patients with CHD and com… Show more
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